Combined leveling, plumbing, and gaging implement.



B. F.'DEWEES. COMBINED LEVELING, PLUMBING, AND enema IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION HLED D5018. I915.

Y Patented Feb. 27, 1917.

tlNTTED STATES PATENT @FFTCE.

BENJAMIN F. DEWEES, 013 LOGAN, NEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOB. 0F ONE-HALF TOPETER C. IVIINOTTI, OF LOGAN, WEST VIRGINIA.

COMBINED LEVELING, PLUMBING, AND GAGING IMPLEMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. December 18,1915. Serial No. 67,643.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. Dnwnus, a citizen of the United States,residing at Logan, in the county of Logan and State of West Virginia,have invented certain new and useful lmprovementsin Combined Leveling,Plumbing, and Gaging Implements, of which the followingv is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in implements which may beemployed as a gage, a level, or a plumbing implement with: outstructural change, or without disconnecting any of the parts, and hasfor one of its objects to improve the construction and increase theefliciency and utility of devices of this character.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction as hereafter shown and described and thenspecifically pointed out in the claims. i

The improved device is preferably attached to thehandle of a saw withtheback,

or upper edge of thersaw arranged as a straight edge, and for thepurpose of illustration is shown thus applied; and in the drawingsillustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention;

Figure 1 1s a side elevation;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the'parts arranged as in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 represents the parts of the device which form the gage separatedand in perspective.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The improved device comprises in general a blade or body 10 and a head,represented conventionally at 11. The portion 10 is shown inthe form ofa saw blade with the teeth 12 in one edge and with the other edge 13 inthe form of a straightedge and preferably with graduations indicated at14 representing inches and fractions of inches. The head portion 11 isextended laterally at each side of the blade and is slotted to receivethe blade which is secured therein in the usual manner by screws 15. Thebody 11 is preferably formed at one end into a hand grip 16 of the usualconstruction. The improved device may be thus employed as an ordinaryhand saw, as the attachments do not interfere with such use of the same.

The head 11 is preferably provided with a metal binder member 17 whoseouter edge is in alinement with the straightedge 13 and continues thesame as illustrated in Fig. 1. At its inner end the head 11 extends atright angles to the straightedge portion 18 of the blade and is providedwith wear strips, one of which is represented at 18 and preferablyintegral with the strip 17. The right angled portion 18 extends aboutmidway of the blade 10 and the remainder of the inner end sameness.27,1917.

of the blade is cut-off at an angle, preferably v about 45?, asrepresented at 19. Spirit bulbs 2021 are located within the head 11, oneof the bulbs being arranged in parallel relation to the straightedge 13and the strip 17 and the other bulb arranged in parallel relation to theright angled portion 18. By this means it will be obvious that thestraight edge portion l3 and the strip 17 may be employed in coactionwith the bulb 20 to produce a leveling instrument and likewise employedas a plumbing implement in coaction with the bulb 21. A; pencilindicated at 22 is preferably inserted in a suitable aperture in-thehead 11, while an eye 23 is attached to the head to receive a plumb linehaving a plumb bob at one end, the latter not being shown. I

Pivoted at 2 1 to the head 11' is a gage device, represented as a wholeat 25 and having guide ribs 26 extending for a portion of its'length,the guideribs' opening inwardly or toward each other, as illustrated inFig. 3 Attached to thefedgeof the head 11 opposite to the strip 17 is aplate 27 somewhat wider than the thickness of the head 11, so that theedges of the plate 27 overhang the sides .of the head, as illustrated inFig. 2. The plate 27 is provided with a threaded aperture 28 to receivea threaded clamping member 29. Bearing upon the plate 27 is a holdingmember 30 having guide ribs 31 at its edges to slidably engage theoverhanging edges of the plate 27. The member 30 is provided with alongitudinal slot 32 through which the stud 29 extends and is likewiseprovided with a: thumb grip 33 at one end.

At the opposite end the member 30 is proits inner position or in contactwith the angular face 19 of the head. The face 19 may be of any requiredangle, but will not generally be less than 4.5 as shown.

By this arrangement it will be obvious that when the clamp device 29 isloosened the holding member 30 may be moved toward the hand grip portion16 and carry the gage member 25 with it through the coaction of the lugs34 and the guide-ways 26, and thus dispose the body of the gage memberin contact with the angular face 19 of the head. By this means a gagewhich extends at an angle of to the straight edge portion 13 of thedevice is produced and which may be employed in the ordinary manner as abevel implement. It will also be obvious that the gage member 25 may beadjusted to any required angle by simply releasing the clamp device 29and moving the body member 30 along the plate 27, the latter beingprovided with graduations, indicated at 35 to enable the operator toaccurately adjust the angle of the gage member.

The improved implement may be employed by mechanics especiallycarpenters or joiners, either as a leveling implement, a plumbingimplement, a measure, an ordinary try-square, or as a bevel, withoutstructural change or the detachment .of any of the parts.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. Adevice of the class described comprising a blade having one straightedge, a head connected to the blade and enlarged laterally with one edgein longitudinal alinement with the straight edge of the blade andanother edge at right angles to the blade, a gage member swinginglyconnected to the right angled portion of the head, a holding memberslidable upon the head and movably connected to the gage member, andclamping means carried by the head and engaging the holding member.

2. A device of the class described comprising a blade having onestraight edge, a head connected to the blade ano enlarged laterally withone edge in longitudinal alinement with the straight edge of the bladeand another edge at right angles to the blade, gage member swinginglyconnected to the right angled portion of the head and havinglongitudinal guide devices, a holding member slidable upon the head andhaving lugs extending into said guide devices, and clamping meanscarried by the head and engaging the holding member.

3. A device of the class described comprising a blade having onestraight edge, a head connected to the blade and enlarged laterally withone edge in longitudinal alinement with the straight edge of the blade,at gage member swingingly connected to the head, a holding memberslidable relative to the head and movably connected to the gage member,said holding member having a longitudinally directed slot, and a clampmember carried by said head and extending through said slot.

4:. A device of the class described comprising a blade having onestraight edge, a head connected to the blade and enlarged laterally withone edge in longitudinal alinement with the straight edge of the blade,a gage member swinging from the head, a plate carried by the head, aholding member having guide devices engaging said plate and movablycoupled to said gage member, and clamping means operating to retain saidholding member in position relative to said plate.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature BENJAMIN F. DEWEES. [L.s.l

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